Simon Chiles
DD Moderator
- Location
- Surrey/ Kent Border, UK
Do nothing
Roots can do it
Whilst that’s definitely true it can a) take time and b) depend on the crop you’re growing, they’re not all equal in ability to penetrate pans. I also don’t believe any sub soiler type machine is the answer either.
I’m working on a machine to aid the transition into dd at the moment. I reckon it’ll also be a very useful tool in permanent pasture to relieve compaction from cutting and grazing. I can’t say what it is as it’s at the moment because it’s on behalf of a machinery manufacturer and secondly I need to test my ideas. Everything I need has been manufactured so really I just need to wait until it dries up. If it works I’ll keep you all posted.